The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-26 00:00:00

ONEy MAR.,KET ANT) cSO37.PAERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. i l i he Stock, Minin g , a nd R o y a l E xc h anges have text entirely closed to-day. All the other public b a d private establishments, banking alone excepted, also been shut, and a general holiday has been 1 / 4 1 erved in the City. There was a large withdrawal of gold from the 4 k of England on S a t ur d a y, amount i ng to 11 12 000 for Alexandria. The advices from the manufacturing districts for l le Past wee k are i n most i nstances sat i sfactory. A lanchesfer both cloths and yL.rns have fully , 110 ported previous rat e s ; ac ti ve operat i ons have 1; t ell restricted as usual at this s eason o f t h e year. woolen trade of Leeds, Br idford, and Hudders el(l) has continued st ea dy, w i t h out any material 1 114 Ige in prices, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, „ s l id Wolverha m pt on , t h ere h as b een a more buoyant 'tie in most departments. ERITIEN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES, FRIDAY. ------ - G OVERNMENT FUNDS. - A U Cent. C onso l s ; U 0 Account, Jan. 10 Per Cent. Reduced BBl a V''' 3 per Cent e .," 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 & "0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 '7 4 4,. unies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — " h a for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 4 4 ' 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — s 'llequer Bills, £l,OOO, &per Cent par 3 p ni Do C5OO - 41 ,,p. £lOO and £2OO .. — ---. EnglandStk, 51 per,Ct. 0 Account ~4 4., DUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ` 4 'a Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Shut ) ,0 Account :0 5 pe r C en t. J u l y, 187 0 !) Account — 1),,,\ 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 " 1 , 0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 4 ',0 51 per Cent. May, 1879 1 .'„0 4 per Cent., ' Aug. 1866 rs uu lionde.tl,ooo 'Job uuder £l,OOO •••• It FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES ilmtrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 'azilian 5 per Cent 1) 0 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 3 / 4 ,, Do 1863 `,etios Ayres 6 per Cent )"0 llia tn Accou, oo "ti n 6per &lA ' . — cipThian 6 per Cent — b al 6 per Cent. - b. 2 6 per Cent. 1864 -4 0., sh per Cent., 1825 1) "° 5 per Cent, 1864 3/4t° 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — pm qador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 0 , Provisonal Land ` Warrant.. — Ilptian 7 per Cent 9si 6 r, O , Second Issu ‘ lO £lOO Bonds e 96 1 , Do 1864 .. 94k 5 Vo Scrip, £l5 p a id i I pm i .,elt 5 per C en t., 1824-5, ex -C ou p ons — " 0 Account 1) 0 Coupons k b e Account tlaternala 5 per Ct It DD -•, e 1839 and 186 ~. .. - OM 5 per Cent.(Matemmana Railway) qican 3 er Cent /30 Account Do 1864 .. P 0 6 per Cent. A ng l o -F r ench . ... di s '. O Scrip, £53 paid.... k o ° French Scrip, Ex. 251 20c — dis x d ° lish Imperial 5 per Cent DGranada .. ,0 2 per Cent. 1 \''' 0 Deferred u h o Land W arra nts (Hectares) — " 3 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — t Do do Aug., 1866 — Invian 11 per Cent. , . hu e , 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. . h— "0 41 per Cent., 1862 P t) 0 Account w Ouguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Po - Account • . D 0 3pe C t 1856 '7 '9 '6O 62 '3.. r en •I - , 7 I 7 7 0 . • 48 71 4,, , . 4.ccount , £ _ 88t A rs sian 5 per Cent 1822, St. " 1 , 0 41 per Cent., 1850 B7/ 7 '-'0 lB6O — 0 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 p er Cent, 1862 o 1864 88i 1,1)0 p £ Scri, 65 pai Snian a per Cent Lu o Account ltlish 3 per Cent 1 ,"0 Account 4Bl 0 New Deferred ~t' ',. \ ' o Account kjo Passive 3 / 4 1) 0 Account 321 a a Dish Cert. of Coup not funded 0 Account redish, 4 per Cent. — iltl s kish 6 per Cent. 1554 — 4 , -1 ,0 Account 1 06 per Cent.:lBsB . — D 0 Acco un t 7Ol a 0 £lOO Bonds , 4) 0 6 per Cent. 1862 " 1 , 0 Account .• 7 2 1 i I\ lo £lOO Bonds 7 2 i i ",„0 6 per Cent. 1863 L' - ' 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.... 'n,,ezuela 3 per Cent. , u 0 Account - ; 1 0 6 per Cent., 1862 h ` - ' 0 Account 1 .,v 0 6 p Cent., 1864 ' - ' 0 11 per Cent t Dividends on the above payable in London etatrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. b l ean 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f — th 2 3 / 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — l?,, 0 4 per Cent. Certificates lt., e llth Rentes, 3 per Cent. m h ian, 5 per Cent, 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Q" 0 Account 641 tlivian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. e imontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Q THREE O'CLOCK. oil , ,sois, Money. vo Accour,t DISPUTE ON A SALE OF CLOTH.—In the Mulches. County Court, on Friday, Messrs Spensley and i t e eten, yarn and cloth agents, brought an action against 1 Bears M. B. Naggir and Co., Greek merchants, Both ° Parties carry on business in this city. M r L eresc h c, 1, 14 : the plaintiffs, said that previous to August his clients (}, one or two transactions with the defend an t s , w h o i n defendant® month gave an order for 125 pieces of c l ot h. Th e ,Tenclants were not satisfied with the performance of th e 4 tract, alleging that the goods were not according to 4 . " 14 Ple. On one of the plaintiffs going to the defendants' 4:rehouse, he was shown a sample of cloth which had been a tnifactured for them (the plaintiffs), and he learned that I k h til ° defendants had received it from a Mr Georgiadi, who obtained it from the plaintiffs' porter in the absence of ttheaters. It was alleged that the defendants underst oo d tat cloth to be a sample of the 125 pieces. It was agreed the °i htiffs should take back these goods and supply othors ap thclved of by defendants at id pe r p o u n d a dditi ona l. Whil e 4 14 arrangement was proceeding (on the 13th Au gus t) M r kggiar, one of the d,fendants, called at the plaintiffs' Z ...4 ehouse, and there saw five pieces of nine pound long -1111. The plaintiffs said they had a quantity of the same a ds and the defendant ultimately agreed to purchase 500 th - Ns at 2s 'lid per pound. Atter the delivery the defend -18 complained that there were only 36 pieces equal to 10 t4 1 31 5, and said it was their intention to return the remains t t Pieces, which they stated were rough, contained broken Os, and were not so good as those supplied by the plains 1,; 5 4 in a trans ac ti o n t we l ve mont h s previous to t h at t i me • k m a sample pieces were produced, and Mr Spensley said that 41° believed the 461 "rejects" were more regular in the 4 44 ufacture than the sample pieces. Mr Naggiar saw them before giving the order. There might be slight differences the picks, but the cloth was substantially of the same ;14. lity. Other evidence was produced showing that there Te variations in the cloth, but only such as were usual in t e : 4l. ge quantity, and that it was the custom, where the dif ,selloe was great, for the goods to be exchanged, or an al d-Ivsuce made upon them. Mr Higgin, for the defendant s , ll t'qtcled that the cloth was not equal to the sample seen Naggiar. Ho had an examination made, and h e a l ed Mr M. B. N agg i ar , w h o sa id t h at th e pl a i n tiff s t o l d 1 41 that they bad 1,000 pieces of the quality cold by them 1' 1863 . He purchased 500, and when they were being de -I:qt.ed he took a piece out of the first bundle and found it to )et a the sample shown by Mr Spensley. On comparing )0 ,18 Piece with the rest,it was seen that only 36 pieces of the ,L c orresponded. The plaintiffs refused to take back the ,Z,°Cle, alleging that the defendants had bought from the bulk % ll ' hot from sample. The defendants' warehouseman said t: t he appli e d to the plaintiff s for an allowance, which they I leed t o ma k e . H e h a d exam i ne d the f i ve original sample 4,.!eee and h a d f ou nd them to diff e r i n p i c k s. Other evidence ``.sorroboration was given, and the judge (Mr E. Ovens) t 0 that there was not distinct procf that the defendant,' tlght from the sample with which the defendants cum -1,141.ed the goods on delivery. He gave judgment for the ti 'litiffs for the amount claimed, £590, subject to a reduc -11;11 4 Pon a certificate being given by a gentleman agreed ti e ? cpurt, as to what allowance should be made for such 1 ; 3 as he might consider " rejects," 4 2i IN CHESTER COLLEGE.—The prizes for pro. 4 %3 , e4 cY in physical science, now given half-yearly by Lord , 411 d Sete, w ere l as t wee k ad j udge d , t h e sen i or prize to to r , e Y r oour Forster (scholar), and the junior to J. Robin ( f .,?lturaone r ). The examination was conducted by Mr. Ph i r r ilAth, M.A., Deputy Professor of Experimenta, ts44 . ° PhY in the T,Jniversity of Oxford. The other pri zes of 1 5 e ehtly given by Lord Sae and Sole to the number h od l a' each hall -year) for classical attainment and general kl e hduct were at the same time awarded to the success , Is in the various parts of the school, SHARE MA -- ..i,ss.E TS, - • OR" - MARI SHARES AND STOUh.S. Rail Ways, Hir., Wol., and Str. Val.! all ~ythe and Tyne. ! 100 3ristol and Exeter i 100 Caledonian 1 10, Cork and Bandon ! a:1 Cornwall ! all Do A A gets no div ! a ll Do. B till 6p c.p an.has all been paid to 13.! Dublin & Belfast June.! all Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' all Edinburgh & Glasgow.i 100 tilasg. and S. Westoro. 100 {;reatEastern, Ord. stk 100 Ditto A Stock . 100 Ditto East Anglian st. 100 lireatNorthot Scotian.'' 100 Treat Northern : 100 Do A stock ' 100 Do B do ' 100 ..... ... ___ E 7 PO 181 132 80 131 i f at. S. an , '. W. of Irelan 100 Great WesterD,Origioal 100 Do Str Val Lint. btock• 100 Do. South Wales 'CO Do. West Alid. -Oxford 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford, 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 London and Blackwall, 100 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover, 100 Lon. & North Western 100 Lon. & Sv.th Western' 100 titan., Shet, & Lincoln. 100 Maryport and Carlisle. all Do # shares... . all etropolitan all Midland Do Birming. & Derby 100 Gt. W. of Ireland all Do. shares Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 Nth. Eastern---Berwio. 100 Do, G.N.E. purcha , e 16.13.1 Do Leeds IOU Do York Do Carlisle.... Do. Stock. & Darling I all Do do 1855-58... 19 Do do Is iL-61 1 North London Do New Do New, 18(4 North Staffordshire .. all and S. W. Junction all Scottish Central Scot N. E., Abet. stock! 100 Do _;t;il:,. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoof all Shropshire Union 100 South Devon ' 100 south Eastern ' 100 taines, Wok.,and Wok all "fall Vale.. . Do C ; Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny 100 West Cornwall lOO W. Hartlepool Ilardnß lOO j Paid : Closing Business Price. I done. 6 7 34 36 16 17 8) Al 106 108 171 181 7i 81 131 136 156 157 130 i 32 F 9 01 79 NI 67 69 58 60 44 46 100 IC2 116} 17 83 84 105 106 38 40 120 12 it 97 98 61 65 121 :22 139} ! , 10 103 411 E 5 C 6 251 t6l 114 114 i 724 73i lu4 1044 371 181 11 12 p 9 10 , 120 125 2 1 14 79 60 lot 136 142 58 61 44 46 b 6 f6l 8 163 i6B 36 46 I, 1,9 111 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways et antic & St Lawrenc. Baroda&.Ceut Ciu. 5 per cent Do. E. bhares... tionalo and .Lake Lluror. ilo. Fret entree ..... suifalo,Brant,&(lodrict p. ot. bds. Aug, 1, ls; Do. do. July 1, 187 )0. do. Jun, t. th :,'lcutta.,t S. Eastn (1,1 ;apeTown & Dock Scr Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf n,astu. Bengal gu. k.. h..ast Indian. tru. 5 p. Do. do. J Ext grand Trunk ot Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge t; per cent. Do. Ist vrel. Borat.. Do. ao. deferred Do. 2d fret. Bona's.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred"... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... + 3 t.lndiaPenin.ttua.sp.c Do. Gui. 5 per cell .. Do. New gua. 5 p. a... 'it. South.of India (Lirn guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. 91 per cent Do 'lt. W. of Canada Share,- Do. New .. . • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Hadras guar., 5 p. o. Do. If p. 0. Extension De. 1i Do. Fifth Extension. lielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds llelb. & Dobson's Bay. .iewßrunswrok et Cand, Class A. and B. N.M.C'dati pc let pt bd, Soinde Do. Delhi I d 0...... L I E :7)o. Punj aub ...• e Do. Indus. St. F 104) all 100 (100 I 100 < 2 'lO 100 Closing Price. Fwd. 58 60 1024 1i!34 Idis ip 5 64 84 94 75 80 98 100 8) 85 103 104 104 1)5 21 22 83 91 70 72 61 64 66 68 56 58 53 54 47 50 3) 32 28 30 103} 104 i pr p pr 4p 101 103 9 Oi 11i 11. 83 0 80 82 1 o d 101] 1031 90 08 91 93 LON IAL GOVERN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.-1 p.e.Ja &Jol' 1877-84 :,-...... Do. A p. e. Feb.& Kul., Do.d p. c. Mar. Sept -. Do. p. e. Jan. &J uly. Do. 5 Inscribed stoop G.Hope, 8p 0,187: Do.Ap &Oct. 18bl Do. 189( >cp. Jan. & July. 1891.. `eyion, N0v.16.4, t p vo. 1878, do. , lauritlllB 8 p.een1.1873, Do. 1878' Do. 1882 catal Gov. 6 per cont. sl.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a..t.Ju v.S.W.Gov.Sp 18. Du. 5 p. c.,lBti to 1' Do. do.,;888 ttupwch Yew Zealand 6 p cent 'ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. 4ueensland Gcv. 6 p. c. 3. Aus Gov. 6 p.c.1E68- Do. 1-7. &upward 4... VioMov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. io a p.o. An.&,00.. 1 59 61 3 6 32 34 10: 103 1023 1031 Id p 103 101 25 97 J. 02/ 31 Businesb dui, ilo3} , i lo3} T SI2.CUItITLE, 99 101 97 99 97 99 88 90 86 89 103 105 106 108 ic6 108 109 111 102 104 9 112 'lO5 107 103 109 ,C 6 108 106 98 101 98 100 95 97 94 96 105 107 99 101 101 10i 107 103 106 107 BRIT] SH MINES. arnteßan Consol.lo Chiverton ;noru Amalgamated.. 'oven o.Con..(Tavist. Drakewar 8.. at Elitssettallogan)— Mast Caradon •",, s t CRTM East Grenville .. East Lovell W't Russel (Tavistk. :am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen Great Laxey, reitt, South 'Folgus... ;. Wheal Vor(lielstori irenville.. I erod's-root I ingston Down 4argaret (tiny I arke Valley.. :vn(tv Iron Or (Lim. ew - 6etun 'nrth Downg.. , North Roskear ‘A. 't Basset (1 -.orth Wthal Crotty Prosper 'rovtdenoe( Uny Lelut. iouth Caradon(St.Cleer Iti heal Fran . ;-- stray Park ' On Croft ,Vest Basset (Ilkqan),. V C , radon iLiskeard West Chiver ton Nest Sewn A hest Basest (Mogan ,Vheal Buller(ltedruth, N-hcalLucicott Wheal MaryAnnPlen: Wheal 3eton . . :Meal Treiawney (Lis. Theal Union 214 3 204 :hit. .6 2.8 0 ►u 6.7 i i 6i 7i 32 83 580 600 2.1.0. 1 47 43 17 18 61 7 55 6 145 155 5 55 5 7 18 19 15 'd 335 345 5.5 8 95 37 3.4.•. 2.7.0. 2.13.6. 78 ,13 1.!80 4 41 8 9 4 41 14 18 :0 CO 70 17 19 i 2i 2i 21 3 31 36 20 540 33 30 18 20 )6 17 7 9 7 9 55 60 05 215 921 871 9 11 13 15 .95 205 17 19 18) 2 11 33i Great 1',.1 - B.f 10.17.( 7 i i PREFERENCE SHARES. Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 1(6 itto, No. , 106 Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 104 ,shire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent, stock. 4i per cent., Blackburn pur., 99 t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco An.) gua. 7 per cent., 141 Dutch Rhenish, 211 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 101 San rank) (lim.),Cgua. 7 per cent., Great Lanca, - Ditto (all), l South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, ioi West Flanders, 51 per cent, pf., t / BANKS. Alliance (11m.), 351 41 Ditto, new, 31 3/ Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd ,18} Anglo Austrian, E Australasia, 68/ Bank of British Columbia, 17i Bank of London. Ditto, new, :21 Brazili4n and Portuguese, Um., 101 British 4nd Californian, Bin., 31 British North American. 50 491 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 341 Chartered tier. of India, London, and China, 621 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 f European Bank, lim., 131 1 Hindustan, t,hina, and Japan (Jim.), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 211 Ditto, issued at 6 pm., 8, Londbn Bank of 51exico and S. America, lim., London and County, 81 2 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim.,'lll London Joint Stock, 50 1 Ditto, new, 371 London and %1 estminster, 181 National of Liverpool, limited, 19 National Bank, Ditto, new, 811 1' Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. Jim., 11:1 Union of Australia, : 541 4 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lim., 4111 Contract corporation, lim., 2 Credit Fonder and Mc:UR r of England, Ditto (£2), 5/ East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 Ebbw Vale, 41 Egyptian Com, and Trading, lim., 5/ Electric Telegraph, 111 Financial Corporation, Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 1 Hudson's Bay. 16a Humber Iron Wo•ks, 4 31 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., Jim., 817 i Intern ational Financial society, Sm., 7 1 is Joint Stock Discount.:lim., 91 London Financial Association Jim., 2 41 it Ditto, new, 230 London General Omnibus Company, 3} } London Provincial Marine, 3 Milwall Iron Works. 41 National Discount Company, Jim., 161 Oriental Financial, lim., 6 Perunsula and Oriental Steam, ;7i 8 South Australian Land, 31 MEN 911 'run SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1864. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE "EXAMINER" ON THE lONIAN ISLANDS 'UNDER GREECE.—If the condition of the new kingdom of Greece is less promising than pro-Hel lenic enthusiasts could desire, it is, upon the whole, perhaps as satisfactory as sober-minded men should expect it to be. The position was a difficult, almost a desperate one. A country torn by civil factions and military rebellion, barely solvent in its finances, and so devo:d of men entitled to confidence, that, having expelled one foreign King, it was obliged, after vainly touting throughout the Courts of Europe, to intrust its destinies to a Royal schoolboy and his Danish tutor, may be congratulated on having for a year maintained itself without losing ground. If Grefce has not done much towards gaining the respect of Europe, she has done nothing to forbid her friends from hoping for her future, and is, all things considered, in a more favourable position than during the close of King Oifro's rule or the interregnum of anarchy which preceded the advent of King Gorga. To Grece proper, then, this is so much gained; already, however, the lonians ask themselves whether they have not paid more for their share in the new order of things than it is worth, and whether they have gained or lost in influence, dignity, and power by their exchange of nominal dependence for national existence. It is difficult to pay too dearly for liberty, but the name of liberty may be bought at too high a price That the position of the lonian Republic under British protection was in some respews an artificial and unnatural one cannot be disputed. The Protec torate was a sham, the Constitution was a sham, there was a sham Senate and a sham Assembly, there were sham statesmen and sham patriots. But these were all admitted shams, and deceived no one. The Lord High Commissioner per formed his conjuring tricks openly, and combining in his own person the authority of Sovereign, Senate, and Assembly, allowed the people to amuse themselves with playing at representative institue rions. It pleased them and did not hurt him. The material effect of British rule was, however, unmise takeably beneficial. In no country in Europe was life and property more secure; in no country were the laws more Just or more impartially adminis tered ; i❑ none of our colonies was local taxation as moderate or imperial expenditure proportion ately so high. The lonian flag, though it covered many doubtful transactions and bore a more than doubtful name, was as safe from insult or injury as our own. The religion, the language, the habits, and even the prejudices of the people were piously respected by us. Oace a year the Queen's representative bowed low before the embalmed mummy of lonia's patron saint, and Protestant gunners fired a Royal salute in honour of the most ludicrous of Greek superstitions. It was but five years ago since one of England's greatest states men went to Corfu, apparently for no other reason than to kiss the hand and receive the benedic tion of the Greek Archbishop. But though the mass of the people were happy, prosperous, and content under a rule which, in comparison with that of their successive Venetian, Russian, and French masters, was the wildest liberty, there was , a large class of political agitators, while theie was only a limited number of places wherewith to silence them, The Church, too, under Russian influence, was inimical to British dominion, and encouraged the spirit of opposition, which increased in exact proportion to the concession made; and when at length all was conceded, even to a liberty of speech which in England would have been called treason or indecency, and a licence of the press which New York might have envied before the days of Presi dent Lincoln, even when, in order to increase the local revenue, we allowed the food and necessaries of the protecting garrison to be taxed for the bene fit of the lonians, when, in short, we had granted all that could be given consistently with the exist. enco of a protectorate, then we were requested to withdraw, and to give lonia to the lonians. This demand no Lord High Commissioner could ven ture to submit to the Queen until when, on the fall of King Otho, something was wanted to make the Hellenic throne acceptable to a new Sovereign, we wisely concluded that this was a good opportu nity to get rid of an ungrateful duty in a graceful manner, and to the surprise of the lonians they found their prayer granted. The Archbishop celebrated a Te Deum, the Assembly was enthusiastic in its thanks, San Spiridione paraded the streets, the people shouted Zito and waved the Greek flag, but there was a feeling of uneasiness in all classes. rhe Greek is not truthful, and untruthfal men are ever suspicious; he was alarmed at our readiness to con clude the bargain ; ho had misgivings as to our motives; and when it was annouucd that the de molition of some of the fortifications wou;cl be a condition of tue cession of the islands, the men who in their speeches had declared that life and pro perty were too small a price wherewith to purchase independence exclaimed loudly against annexation with Greece at the expense of a few batteries. THE "LONDON REVIEW" ON THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.—Rather more than t welve years ago, some benevolent ladies and gentlemen opened an asylum for the sick children of the poor in one of the large old mansious in Great Ormond.. street, Queen-square, W.C. At first (though her Majesty kindly became the patroness of the institu tion), the funds in ►he hands of the committee were small, and only 18 beds could be made up. The ap. plicants, however, were equ ally few for some time, the poor requiring to be accustomed to the idea, or perhaps to be made acquainted with the feet that such a place had been opened for their espe cial benefit. After awhile the applicants became so numerous that it was found necessary to refuse cases for sheer want of room. The utmost number of in-patients which can be received is 62; and, when it is borne in mind that more than 25,000 children under 10 years of age die in London every year, and that owing to the imperfect knowledge of children's diseases to which medical men confess, this mortality scarcely diminishes with the great spread of sanitary precautions, it wil: be understood that 62 beds go but a little way towards the alleviation of the particular form of suffering with which this institution deals. A larger building is required; and indeed it is clear that no one building can be sufficient to answer the wants in this respect of so vast a metropolis. Every poor neighbourhood should have its Sick Children's Hospital ; and the rich neighbourhoods should look to it that they ba supplied. It is surprising how much more might be done than is done, even in this charitable country, for the relief of the needy and suffering. We are not wanting in the best inten tions, but we are inclined, all of us, to be appalled and paral) zed sometimes at the enormous magnitude of the evils with which we are called upon to con tend. This is the great difficulty in the way of al► philanthropic effort. It is not indifference to human affliction which so often stays the hand of the wealthy; it is rather the stupor of despair at mea suring the vastness of the work to be accomplished, and observing the small results of individual efforts at amelioration, however generously conceived or energetically carried out. This is especially the ease in London. In comparatively small towns, the enemy does not seem beyond the power of grappling with. Here,on the other hand, the incubus of poverty and disease appears to acquire the size, weight, and fatal immobility of a nightmare; and too many of us cease even to struggle. This is a form of resig nation, however, which is the very contrary of a virtue ; and the good achieved by such establish. ments as the asylum in Great Ormond-street should rouse us to the more courageous views. Daring the time of its existence, the Hospital for Sick Children has received 4,250 patients, and has extended relief to 100,105 out-patients. In 1863 alone, the in.patients were 573, and the out-pa tiens 11,224—while beyond these numbers lie those who would have been most cheerfully admitted, or otherwise attended to, had the funds allowed, but to whom the managers were compelled to give a reluctant negative. The hospital is open to the inspection of visitors every :day between the hours of twelve and four o'clock, and a glance at its ars rangements will show the careful kindness with which it is managed. Considering that the house is in the thick of town, the situation is remarkably airy. Within a few doors, lies the loug, wide, old fashioned Queen-square, with trees an d grass and quiet, freshening up the somewhat dingy houses of the heavy Dutch period, end acting as a reservoir of air to the surrounding streets. At the back of the hospital extends a spacious garden, very serviceable for such of the children ai; have suf. ciently recovered to run about. Upstairs is the sick room, broad and loft', with panelled walls and fold. ing doors. Here are the sixty• two little beds with the sixty-two little sufferers—each bed provided with a horizontal tray attached to the bedstead, and so arranged that it will hold conveniently whatever it may be accessary to put on it, and can be moved to and fro at pleasure. The supply of books and playthings is ample. Here you may see one little thing reading the Bible ; there, another conning some pictured story.book ; a third, too young to read, gazing at a number of coloured pictures on indestructible material; a fourth, paying with the most gorgeous and fascinating toys. The toys, in truth, may well be of the best, for they come' from the Queen, who, together with the young Princes and Princesses, has taken great interest in the hospital, and sent it many presents. Another room is devoted to the U3O of convalescents, and there are also separate homes for the convalescent both at Mitcham and Brighton. But the hospital itself does not merely receive sick children ; it has a room on the ground floor which is used as a nursery for healthy infants the advantages of which may be had by mothers of the working classes for two pence a day. The medical attendance seem to be unexceptionable ; religions knowledge is imparted by a clergytnan who regularly visits the hospital ; and many benevolent ladies go there from time to time, carrying with them the comfort and bright ness which only women can bring into the chamber of sickness and of weary trouble. This is the in stitution which Mr Dickens—always alive to any of human nerd ur act of kindness, and espe cially so where children are concerned—described so touchingly in the December number of " Our Mutual Friend." The service of so powerful a pen shola be worth thousands to the hospital; but we cannot refrain at this season of the year from adding our . own voice to those which have preceded us in calling attention to this excellent charity and its need of funds. In our rejoicings this Christmas, let us think of the sick children and their home in Great Ormond-street, and, so thinkingove shall not be slow to tlet. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON TOBACCO AND ITS ENEMIES —Among the many advantages arising from a judicious use of tobacco may be reckoned the increase of benevolence amongst i s devotees. rhe world always loeks pleasanter through a cloud of smoke. A 1 harsh and irri tating things become mellowed and softened to the mind which regards them under the hallowing influences of a cigar. No genuine smoker should, therefore, feel anything but amusement at the petulant attacks of the profane vulgar —he should regard even the Dean of Carlisle with Chris tian, or at least Nicotian, toleration. It if, of course, wrong for a man to seek to deprive others of a pleasure because he does not enjoy it himself; but we must always make allowance for the irritability natural to persons suffering from any se. rious deprivation. So long, therefore, as the anti-tobacco nists confine themselves to quiet lamentations over the wickedness of smokers, we should simply avoid their company—if they preach at us, we should seek refuge in sleep—if they send us pamphlets, wo should convert the pamphlets into pipe-lights—the very strongest weapon we should wish to use against all fair means of propagating their cheerful creed should be a hearty laugh. But we must add that, when they endeavour to extort 40s. from us, we should undoubtely summon them before a police court. It is not often that the operations of those earnest men who have become the missionaries of the anti-tobacco movement crop up at the surface—and it is desirable that, when they do, they should receive the fullest publicity. It :s probably unknown to many of our readers that there has existed since 1853 a" Bt itish Anti-Tobacco Society," whose list of vice presidents include the name of our old friend the Dean of Car. lisle. This society has taken upon itself to issue a placard, which begins by announcing " smokers are now exceedingly insolent ;" and states that, to arrest this insufferable nuis ance in railway stations and carriages, they will offer re wards varying from lOs to £2 to any one who will secure the conviction of an offender on the Richmond line. A Mr Innes, apparently in blissful ignorance of the society and its placards, was smoking the pipe of peace at the end of the Barnes platform, whilst waiting for a train, He was ad dressed by a man calling himself an agent of the Anti-To bacco Society, to whom he at once gave his name. He also wrote a letter to the society, explaining that he was annoy ing no one by smoking, and that he left off when requested. The secretary—stated to be an unsuccessful provincial tailor, who has found a more congenial employment "in prosecuting a crusade against tobacco"--replied to the eff3ct that the case would be proceeded with unless Mr Innes would pay the fine of 40s, to avoid the costs and ex- posure. This fine, as was explained afterwards, was'to be paid over to the porters and informers. Mr Innes summoned the secretary for a demand for money accompanied by me nace, and the case failed on the grounds that it had not been demanded, but suggested, that the money should be paid, and that the menaces had not been such as to put Mr Innes in personal fear. The decision is doubtless correct, and the society have done nothing for which they or their secretary can be legally punished. The punishment appro priate to most of their errors is that of being universally ridi culous, though this is one which use has by this time con verted into an enjoyment for them. Their present pro ceedings deserve ridicule, flavoured with a stronger feeling. We hope that they will refrain in future from conduct which has such a strong, though delusive, resem Mance to extorting money. The code of railway morality in regard to smoking has become pretty well established. it of course condemns smoking in all cases where it is likely to produce annoyance to one's fel ow -travellers. In such cases, however, smoking ought to be suppresed by the Com pany's officers. It is bad enough that a society of volun teer zealots should rush in to stimulate official zeal, that it should convert the harmless porter into a spy, and poison the confidence which exists between judicious travellers and an obliging guard. Bat it is quite intolerable that any society, however pure its motives, should proceed to levy fines upon the accused, and distribute them according to its will and pleasure. If a man were to accuse another of a crime punishable by fine, and then say that to save ex posure he would take the fine himself, we should know what to call him. The " British Anti-Tobacco Society" of course does not take the fine itself, but, according to its secretary, it distributes the money to its informers. The spy gets his forty shillings, and you save the exposure, although the bargain is not transacted with him directly. but with an immaculate society of almost super human virtue. The case will, to the society, be a warn ing to avoid such inadvertence for the future; to others, it will be a new illustration of the old truth that the blunders of saints have often a superficial likeness to the deliberate tricks of the worldly. The special manifesta tion of the society's energy will, of course, soon come to an end. A few unfortunate smokers will be victimised. The understanding between officials and passengers will for a time be clouded. Things will then shake down into a new condition of equilibrium. It will be tacitly taken for granted that the guard's eye is to be endowed will only a certain fixed amount of penetrative power. The tariff will be readjusted, and the battle of the pipes will be succeeded by a general pacification. We have no fears that a stand ing army of spies will be organised on English railways by our crusaders against tobacco, or that it will be kept in working order for any length of time. Smoking in railroad carriages, like bribery at elections, suits too many interests nut to preserve a tolerably tough vitality. But the society, not content with suppressing the symptoms, means to at tack the very root of the disease. Our reformers aim at far greater things than stopping this particular loophole. They intend to revolutionise the state of public opinion. They mean to stigmatise this awful vice, till it dies out branded by their contempt. The day is to come when it will be a proud thing for a man to say, " I was one o f t h e or i g i nal members o the Anti-Tobacco Society," when the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will have to look about for another source of revenue than tobacco duties, and when the few surviving smokers who have escaped from a pre mature grave will be pointed at like We last wearers of Hessian boots, pigtails, or full-bottomed wigs. We con fess that we were ignorant of these lofty aspirations till our attention was called to the nature of the society by the judicious proceedings above describer'. 'We then discovered that it was represented by a special organ, known as the Anti-To b acco has already reached its hvo lume without, so far as we know, materially affecting ev h lic opinio n . Th e c o n te n t s o f thi s s e n t e s tJournal,at state of p u public charming periodical are designed to chill the smoker's blood. The only number which we have dared to read or ens with a battery of sixty objections against tobacco. " Tobacco," it begins, " is a main upholder of slavery in the United States of America." This is a trifle, comparatively speaking. "Tobacco harms the gums and teeth, and the grinders cease because they aro few"— a sentiment which, from its semi-scriptural twang, is apparently meant as an addition to Solomon's proverbs. " Tobacco is at variance" —it is not said why —" with the dictates which Christianity inspires in the soul." "Tobacco robs the pulpit by circum scribing the qualifications of smoking ministers"—a remark the more terrible from i:s obscurity. "Tobacco-smoking is sottish, snuffing is snobbish, and chewing is hoggish." This last has perhaps the most epigrammatic point, but there aro some fifty equally weighty aphorisms, the perusal of which will probably reduce the smoker's spirits to a fit state to encounter the more deliberate arguments of the journal. The solid part of this periodical refers to subjects whose nature may be inferred from such titles as "A Stubborn Minister Humbled," and " Three Hundred and Sixty-five Interviews with Smokers, Chewers, and Snuff takers." The good taste and religious feeling with which they are written may be exemplified by the triumphant question put to the stubborn minister ;--`Are faith, prayer, and the Spirit and the word of God become so sterile that, being cast aside, tobacco must supply their place ?" The minister is, of course, brought down by this latter irre verent remark, and ccnsents to refrain from smoking himself to death. Sneerers in real life seem to be tougher. The gentleman who describes the " three hundred and sixty-five interviews" complains that the boys, instead of giving a ra- tional answer to his remarks, generally " amuseithenselves with insulting gibes." We don't wonder at it. The only consolation he received was from a man at a public-house, whose face " had the appearance of laceration from human nails, asked for a journal, but remonstrance was useless," If the remonstrance, as the grammar would imply, wa s directed against an unnatural appetite for the collection of trash called a journal, we regret that his friends should have scrupled to use the dagree of constraint necessary, THE "SPECTATOR" ON EMPEROR LAY'S BLUE-BOOK. —Mr Horatio Lay, the gentleman who recently made a clutch at the Imperial throne of China, and missed it by a hairsbreadth,has published a pamphlet to explain the failure of his attempt. It is in the form of a letter to Earl Russell, and though entirely superfluous, except as a despatch to the Foreign Office, who gave him his secret instructions and may be irritated at his want of success, is most valuable po litical reading. Mr Lay seems to have thought it advisable to defend himself from the charge of mismanagement before the public also, btit he entirely mistakes his position in their eyes. Nobody out of the Foreign Office accuses him of any thing except of being one of the ablest, most bonourable,and most determined of those Anglo-Asiatics who have from time to time endeavour to impose on this country dominion she does not want, responsibilities she would rather avoid, and powor she is unable to exercise without neglecting more urgent and binding claims. It is the Government which re • quires defence for having attempted to acquire the sove reignly of China without consulting Parliament or inform ing the nation, and Mr Lay will hardly affirm that he has cleared the Foreign Office of the charge. Oa the contrary, his private bluebook will, we believe, convince every man who reads it that the view maintained in this journal was correct from beginning to end ; that Mr Lay formed in 1863 a deliberate and well•eonceived plan for obtaining the " guidance and control" of the Chinese Government ; for " beginning the work there," as he says in one place, "which we have commenced in India ;" for becoming, as he says in another place, "middleman bet Ween the Govern ment of China and all foreign Powers ;" that this plan was laid before Lord Palmerston, and in principle cor dially apyoved ; that it was accepted, promoted, and acted on by that very inept person Sir Frederick Bruce, and that it only failed because the British Minister at Pekin was Mr Lay's inferior in firmness, keenness, and know ledge of the Chinese. It is pleasant of course to read such a confirmation of our statements, but from the first among those who know Asia there never was any doubt of the truth, any suspicion or hope that Mr Lay was acting independently. Anglc-Asiatics, who dare all things else, have one ever present fear. They will break up a dynasty to recover a debt of a shilling, annex an empire to punish the refusal of a ceremonial bow, pulverise the civilisation of lions rather than leave a salt lake unexplored, atzsutne any Asiatic government, risk the hostility of any A , iatie race, accept the command of any Asiatic army, blit neither the hope of power, nor the crave for emolument, nor the thirst for reputa / tient nor even their own fanaticism for the spread of ciaigation, will them to act for an hour in oppo sition to the policy of their own country. They will rather see a rich colony conquered by them selves given away, as Sir S. R-fil:s did, because a public rertsnatrance would have injured English prestve : fling up a vizierat, as Ouseley did, because the King asked him to finp9de a British design; or declare, as Rajah Brooke did,that sovereignty meant nothing to him if he was to lose his rights as a British citizen. Mr. Lay did even more than these men. After years of labour and effort, with the prize just within his grasp, with his dream almost visibly fuislled, with an ambition such as stirs conquerors burning in his veins, ho offered, rather than England should forfeit the glorious prize, to give up the prospect of exercising impe- . _ rial power, and abandon the mayoralty of the Pekin Palace to Captain Osborn, Ly making him instead of himself mediate agent of the Emperor. It was not very probable that such a man would be found acting in Asia indepen- dently of his own Government, but it is as well that Eng land should know how thoroughly that Government approved his scheme. If anybody, blinded by Mr Layard's sere-e chatter about Chinese employe's, and British irre sponsibility for Englishmen in the service of the Govern ni of Pekin, and the right of all governments to choose their own servants, thinks that Mr Lay was simply a pri vate adventurer, he had better read this pamphlet. Those who study it will find that Mr Lay peremptorily refused to move one step without the consent of the British Govern ment, that Lord Paimerston advised, after hearing his plans. the issue of the Order in Council allowing British officers to take service in China, that Earl Russell upon Mr Bruce's representations agreed to waive many forms and assume much responsi bility rather than delay the despatch of the fleet, that the British Minister pressed the plan on Prince Kuug, and that finally every word of the astounding arrangement between Prince Kung and Mr Lay, under which Mr Lay was in vested with power to make any agreement which he thought for the advantage of China, and under which, as he says, he, working with but not under the Regent. began to " organise" a great " service," was submitted to Sir F. Bruce and approved by him I They will see that the same Minister actually told the American Envoy that his plan of action was to "thrust the Chinese on Lay," and leave him to manage, 1, e., govern, them in the interest of Europe. They will find, moreover, that the scheme under which Mr Lay was to have been as much mas- ter' of the Chinese—it is his own simile—as a school master is of his children, was within a hairsbreadth of being carried out. and would have been car ried out but that Sir F. Bruce at the eleventh hour knocked out the key-stone, as Mr Lay avers from simple fear of trouble, but as we think from that and a slow perception that the plan involved turning China into another India, The Chinese at their wits' end to resist the Tae pings, had in 1863 begun to create an Anglo-Chinese force which, as Mr Lay knew, would release them from all ap prehension. He demanded, therefore, that this force should be responsible only to the Emperor, upon whom the Minister: or himself could always act with effect. Sir F. Bruce agreed, remarking shrewdly that "so long as the local governors can obtain on their own terms foreign officers and steamers officered by foreigners, sufficient to repel the insurgents, it is idle to expect that the Government at Pekin will undertake the orgnisation of an Imperial force either on land or on the sea." The Chinese, however, persisted in placing Major Gordon under the local Foutais, Sir F Bruce vacillated and gave way, Nankin was captured,. and 'almost the first words uttered to Mr Lay at the Foreign Board were these :—' The state of matters here is such and such. Our policy, we don't mind telling you, :.is this :—ln the morning we are weak and yield to all demands, but by the evening we recover our strength, and then we ignore everything,' with a sig• nificant nod." After a scene reported by Captain Osborn in a letter of inimitable picturesqueness, in which the Chinese Foreign Board constantly repudiated the words they lead uttered five minutes before, and lied with a• pre sence of mind welch Captain Osborn can hardly help ad miring, the agreement was only repudiated on the ground of a change of policy, really because the Mandarins once more felt themselves strong. Mr Lay made one more de spairing effort. With a nobleness only possible to his class, he offered to give up every word in the agreement which referred to ihimself, to make Captain Osborn all in all if only the Government would keep faith—but the Mandarins refused, and under a profusion, of assurances of friendship he quitted Pekin. Nine days afterwards he, the man who apart altogether from this affair had built up the customs revenue of China, was "curtly dismissed," and the only imperial project framed in this generation came silently to an end. We cannot blame Prince Kung. Reading this pamphlet by the light of all previous despatches, we have no more doubt that Mr Lay intended to be Mayor of the Palace in China than we donbt that his motive was to benefit that country and to aggrandize his own. We question if he would have borne much control from the Regent himself, any more than from the provincials whom he so entirely despised. Indeed he says so himself in almost so many words :—" The Chinese Government was too rotten a reed to lean upon, and the foundations of the structure I was endeavouring to build up had to be artificially created. My position was that of a foreigner engaged by the Chinese Government to perform certain work for them, not wider them. I need scarcely observe in passing that the notion of a gentleman acting under an Asiatic barbarian is preposterous. I was not a Chinese official, but a foreign adviser without rank, but with a high and influential position, because trusted in and honoured." He is quite right, as every Anglo Asiatic knows, but then that is not the attitude a native potentate once relieved from the fear of destruction can be expected to tolerate. Mr Lay would of all mankind probably make the best use of the throne of China, but he can scarcely expect a Chinese Regent to help to seat him on it. The instant the consequences of the agreement were per ceived it was certain that Prince Kung would evade it, and we do not know that a European Court would have been much more straightforward. The real blame, :as it seems to us, rests with our own Govern must and its agents, who first supported a scheme involv ing a frightful addition to our responsibilities without con sulting Parliament, then allowed Mr Layard to say that Britain was not responsible, then fell back from Mr Lay in the very hour of trial, and finally compelled him to explain why he bunglt d the scheme with which they have all along professed to have nothing to do. Mr Lay offered them empire, and they smiled, then frowned, and then required him to explain the catastrophe their own frown had produced. Three words to Mr Lay, "It won't do," would have stopped the scheme in the beginning, as many to Sir F. Bruce, "Lay must succeed," would have made it success ful; but neither were uttered, the Ministry being willing to incur the responsibility of increasing her Majesty's subjects to six hundred millions, yet reluctant to take the slightest step towarc s securing the result they all the while desired. We have not said anything upon the relations be tween Pekin and London, which Mr Lay describes with a lucidity we cannot think discreet, but we may venture on one disagreeable prophecy. So puffed up is the Chinese Government with its victories over the rebels, that early in 1863 we were on the eve of a fourth war with China, the French Minister having almost declared hostilities, and Sir F. Bruce "not being able to see" how he could avoid sup porting him. The inflation has been increased by Mr Lay's departure, and unless all our history in Asia is a myth, within three years our troops w.ll bo once more on their road to Pekin. The profits on " La Vie de Jesus " in two years amounted to nearly £lB,OOO. THE SHEFFIELD INUNDATION.—TIIO directors of the Sheffield Waterworks Company having in strutted Messrs. Simpson, Hawkesley, Bateman, Fowler, and Harrison, engineers, to examine their works, these gentlemen have embodied the result of their examinations in an elaborate report. They dissent from the opinion of Mr Rawlinson and Mr Beardmore as to the causes which led to the rupture of the embankment. They say there was no fracture of the pipes, and that the embankment was composed of materials which would not have slipped if the base on which it rested had been immovable. They think, therefore, that " we must look for causes other than sup posed imperfections in the quality of the materials or work manship for the failure of the reservoir. They then say •—" Atter a full consideration of the collateral circum stances, we are unanimously of opinion that the accident was occasioned by a landslip, which occurred in the ground immediately on the east side of the embankment, and which extended beneath a portion of its outer slope, involving in its consequences the ruin of that portion of the bank, and producing the catastrophe which followed." LATE 'THEATRICAL NEWS..L_MdIIe. Beatrice, the talented and pleasing French actress, is engaged al the Lyceum for three consecutive years. Shortly after Christmas " The Lady of Lyons" will be represented , with Mdllle. Beatrice as Pauline, and Mr Pechter as Claude Melnotte. We need hardly say that the scenery, dresses, and paraphernalia will be produced with the LOSZOO'S usual lavish liberality and good tatte.:—.Era, MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. The Corn Exchange is closed to-Jay by order of the Committee. In the country markets held on Saturday dry English wheats moved off steadily at full prices, but damp parcels were a dull inquiry on former terms. Barley, oats, beans, an peas were in slow request at about previous quotations, The flour trade was quiet at late rates. Advices from America state that the export demand for breadstuffs is much restricted, whilst on the Continent the amount of business doing in wheat for shipment to this country is very moderate, Oats, however, are freely dealt in for exportation. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small. The imports from abroad amounted to :3,262 quarters of wheat, 8.162 barley, 64,330 oats, 3,700 rye, 47 beans, 124 peas, 545 tares, 6,712 linseed, 761 rapeseed, 60 sundry seeds, 149 sacks and 4,791 barrels of fliur. 471 8-11 114 5} 1551 6i niiii 1161 83i 105 6 5 1 97 20 a 1 20f 64i 4 1 1 1391 114 132. Hi 72 59 45 i CURRENCY PER. IMPEE.JAL MEASUE.B. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1803, per qr 30s to 103 Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1803 4OB 413 Ditto, 1861 .Noriolk and Lincoln, red, 1884 Ditto, 1883 Talavera, 1864 .. Rye— Barley—Grinding 22s 25s Malting, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 63s Brown Kingstown and Ware . 6os (3s Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush.,. Feeding l9s 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 22s Cork, white lOs 23s Scotch, Feeding 2os 23s Beane—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey ..... 335 36s Maple White 36s 40s Boilers 36s 40s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk 26s 288 American, per barrel lOs 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a moderate supply of foreign stock on sale in our market, to day, the trade for which ruled inactive, at late rates. The arrivals of beasts, fresh up from our own grazing districts, were very moderate as to number; but their quality was tolerably large for the time of year, and the quality of the stock was prime. Fresh beasts of good and prime quality were in steady request, at Thursday's cur• rency—the top figure for beef being 5s 6d per 81bs. Stale beasts, of which there were several, left over from Thurs day's market, including all inferior breeds, wet a slow sale, at previous quotations, From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nortamptonshire we received 350 shorthorns, &c; from other parts of Eng land, including Norfolk, 300 of various breeds; from Scot land, 102 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 70 oxen and heifers. The supply of sheep on sale was small. Good and prime downs, half-breds, &c., moved off steadily, at full prices; otherwise the malting trade ruled inactive, at last Monday's currtncy. lho top quotation was 6s per 81bs. Only Dutch calves were exhibited for sale, and they were disposed of at full prices. There were no pigs at market. Our quotations are therefore nominal. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Urse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Prime large oxen 6 0 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Urse. & inf. sheep 4 2 4 8 Second quality do. 4 10 5 2 Lambs....( Suckling calves, 19s to 21s 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows Sheep ... 4,920 Calves s. d. a d Primeers-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 2 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 1 10 s Od to Os Od. ; and quarter-old store pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Boasts .. Sheep Calves .... • ... Pigs Pigs — The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 5,406 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 3,521—in 1862, 2,440—in 1861, 2,382 —in 1860, 1,163—in 1859, 2,554 —in 1858, 8,550. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LASI WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp 42 .. 125 .. .. 22 Bremen .. .. 29 .. •• • • .. 218 Calais Dordt. — •• Dunkirk — •• Gibraltar .. Hamburg •• . • 73 • • 436 • • •-- . 179 Harlingen Medemblik .. .. Nieu Diep Ostend Bl .. 47 •• -0-- Rotterdam .. • - • • 176 Tonning Cadiz — _. .. - • • - .. 264 Total ....1,238 .. 3,042 ~ 193 ~ 933 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 650 2,886 .. 66 .. 19 1862 .. 356 .. 1,881 .. 203 1861 407 .. 1,965 .. 10 .. 1860 1859 A. statement and comparison of the supplies fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Cattle Market on Monday, Dec. 28, 1863, Monday, Dec. 26, 1864, Per 81b. to sink the offal. Dec. 28, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 Bto 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Prime large oxen .. 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c 5 0 5 2 Coarse and inferior sheep! 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. .. 4 8 5 2 Prime coarse-woolled do 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves .. 4 0 4 8 Prime small do. 10 5 0 L a rge hogs Neat small porkers Beasts .. Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs lBO SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec 29, 1862.—Beasts, 3,790 — sheep, 13,710—calves, 172—pigs, 270. LOW. 30, 1861.—Beasts, 4,4oo—sheep,o—calves, 18,920 —calves, 132—pigs, 310. "". • • '-""' • • and pricea of Metropolitan and this day, 'Dee. 26, 1864. - 3 Bto 4 4 4 6 4 10 60 5 2 54 5 6 42 4 8 410 5 2 54 5 8 510 6 0 00 0 0 4 2 410 50 6 4 36 4 4 4 6 410 1,250 4;920 NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The fresh arrivals of Inuit to these markets this morn• ing were small, Sales in most descriptions, however, pro gressed slowly, at the following prices : Per 81b. by the carcase, sd sd tuferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Nliddling do. .. 3 6 4 2 Frime large do. 4 4 4 8 Do. small do. .. 4 10 5 2 Large pork .... 3 8 4 6 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 sdsd Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Prime do .. 4 10 5 2 Veal. Small pork ~ .. 4 8 6 0 Lamb . 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. No business of importance has been transacted in hops to-day. The market presents quite a holiday appearance. Prices are unaltered. Last weeks imports amounted to 96 bales from Antwerp, 142 B )ulogne, 140 Ostend, 5 Hamburg, 14 Rotterdam, 64 Bremen, and 250 bales from New York, per cwt. New Mid and East Kent .... 110 s to 200 s New Weald of Kent New Sussex Yearlings BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Tho fresh arrivals of potatoes are small, yet, owing to the holidays, the trade is very slow, at our quotations. Last week's import was 87 tons from Dieppe, 40 tons from Harlingen, and 445 tons from Havre. Yorkshire Regents 9os to 105 s per ton. Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Rocks . Scotch Regents Foreign GOs to 70s WOOL. IThe trade for English wool since our last report has ruled firm, and although the transactions nave been far from numerous the tendency of prices has been in an upward direction. In colonial wool, since the close of the public sales, very little has been done. Last week's import was 573 bales from Taganrog. sd s d Fleeces —South Down hoggets . 2 0 2lf Half-bred do Kent fleeces . 2 2 22} South Down ewes and wethers 1 11 2 0 Leicester do. Sorts—Clothing Combing ,, , .. 1 8 2 2 i)s. furnip,White,p.bus.ns to 22s Swede — s slustard, Brown White, Tares, Spring — s New winter, bush 1 s 118 Chnary, per quarter —s --s Rye grass Clover, Red Eng., ot. • s s White Foreign Red —s —s White —s —s Trefoil new --s Carraway ..... 34s 35s Coriander 2ls 25s Hempseed, per qr 47e 46s Linseed,Eng.sowing 64s 68s Crushing 598 62s Baltic s —s . .. Odessa —B —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £loos Lilts Forelgn £9los Xil 5s Rape Cakes,p ton £5 lOs £6ss Rapeseed, new,pr qr 7is 78s TALLOW. The tallow market is closed to-day. The last quotation for new P.Y.C. on the spot was 41s ; for January to March, 41s ; for March, 42s ; for October to December delivery, 43s 3d per cwt. Particulars. 1850. 1861 1862. I Stock this nay.... Price of Y.C. t Delivery lastweek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Moe of Town .... 1863. 1864 F 71.318 r 60, 8 717 73,044 53,146 55,435 60s3a :o 51s0d to 4533 a to 40391 %0 , 413 od to —s Od 51s 6 d 153 6d 513 0,1 --3 od 1.319 1,521 1,823 2,419 2,698 53,358 81,716 47,558 40,388 50,8.3 267 2,014 SO 3,676 1,171 99,308 78,181 64,684 73,8 W 66,63 6.s Od 523 9d 46s 6d 43a Od r 133 9d9 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Lincoln 5pring........ 21 1 Nottingham Spring .... 28 MARCH'. .. 2 Derby Spring 2 Liverpool Spring Shrewsbury Spring Doncaster Spring ..... Warwick Spring Chelmsford Spring .. 23 :IL. Northampton 4 Crovon Park 7 Durham Newmarket Craven Catteriek Bridge • • 19 Thirsk .... 21 Epsom Spring ........ 25 N Newmarket Ist Spring.. 1 Chester ............ 9 York Spring • ......... 16 S4lisbury Bath • -3 Epsom JUNE. Epsom Summer (con.).. 1 i Hampton M tthchester .. 7 Newton ... 21 Asc)t Alexandra Park........ 20 Worcester Summer JULY. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Nottingham Summer .. 18 Chesterfield ........ 21 Goodwood .......... UST. AUG Huntingdon Reading Egham Oxford York August 22 Plymouth .......... 24 Lichfie:d . ............. 28 Devon and Exeter ...... 214 Derby Summer ...... • Weymouth ... 31 'MEER. Richmond .... Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist October, 'OBER • SEPTE: Weymouth (continued), 1 Leicester 7 Doncaster Brecon lB OCTI Northallarton Newmarket Second Oct 9 Worcester Autumn 31 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn (continued) Now ready, G. SHELTON'S Derby Guide, is. G. R. Glenie, Sporting Library, Connaught-terrace, Hyde - park ; Sunday Times Office,' Fleet-street; and all agents. LOCKET'S Derby Analysis at a glance shows what the field fcr the Blue Riband will be selected from ; and con tains also selections for all the great three-year-old contests, selections fur Manchester meeting, Waterloo Cup, Eco. Price one shilling; had from Sunday Times office, and all the usual agents, or from E. Locket, Box L 2, Manchester, and G. R. Glenie, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHRISTMAS DISORDERLIES .-A large number 411 persons of both sexes were brought bifore Mr Tyrwhitt this morn ing charged with being drunk and disorderly. In all cases where the charge was only for being drunk and incapable tho defendants were discharged, but where disorderly con duct was proved small fines—as usual at Christmas—were imposed. One of the men charged with being drunk and, incapable had under his arm his market basket with a goose in it. Amongst the persons who had indulged rather too freely were several cabmen. One of them was seen by a constable dodging round his horse's head trying to put the nose bag on, but to no purpose, as, after spending nearly five minutes in his en deavours to do so, he fell. In nearly every instance the excuse was that yesterday being Christmas-day an extra drop was taken. Charles Roberts, a pianoforte maker, was charged as fol. lows :-Henry Wendt, a tailor, living at No. 3, Clepstone street' said that there was a party last night in the first floor of the house where he resided, and after he (com plainant) had gone to bed about eleven o'clock, the defen dant was admitted into the house by one of the guests, the defendant having knocked at the door and being taken for one of the company. The defendant said ho lodged in the house, and should stop there, but at last was per, suaded to leave. Ho (complainant), who dept in the:par lours, and had bean disturbed by defendant, then went to bed again, but only to be aroused again shortly after by the defendant, who again knocked at the door and got ad mitted, and went upstairs, and refused to leave. Defendant was, however, got out of the house, and quiet restored, but ❑ot for any length of time, for he returned and knocked violently at the door, and continued to do so as if the house was on fire. The defendant was then given into custody. In answer to Mr Tyrwhitt, the complainant said the de fendant did not appear to be drunk, but foolish. The defendant said he had been to a party, and could, not persuade himself that he did not reside in the house. Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s., or seven days. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day, LONDON, Dec. 26.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, aid fine weather, but rather cloudy and cold. FALMOUTH, Dec. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eagle, from Rio Grande. TROON, Dec. 21.—Wind S.E,—Sailed—Portia, for Demerara. CLYDE, Dee. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Alecope, from Demerara. QUEENSTOWN, Deo. 24.—Wind W--Arrived—Amora l From Demerara. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton . . Jan. 18> via Marseilles: .. Jan, 12, Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 5. Jape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. lielena..Deo. 29. klhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2. via Marseilles ...Dec. 27. Falkland Islands . - 3ibraltar, via Southampt. n Dec. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseiles Dee, 27. [ndia (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 27. via Marseilles Dec. 21. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 27. via Marseilles Dec, 21. gewfoundland .. Jan. 2. )porto and Vigo OOO •. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec 29. by U.S.'racket.... - - b`, Canadian packet. Dec. 30 W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe West Indies and Pacific .. ...Dec. 29. Bahamas (via New York) Bermuda (ditto) . .Jan. 18. Cuba and Mexico ..Dec. 29. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS the Field.Msrshal COM. inanding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Wednesday, January 4.—Army and Navy Gazette. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD. A. donation of £lO5 from Mr William Crawshay, of Caversham Park, Reading, and another of £25 from Mr E. Crane, of Broom House, Kidderminster, were received by the last weekly board of this charity. Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-two patients received relief during last week, and seven hundred and ninety-six of these were new cases. THE LATE MARQUIS OF BRISTOL.—The friends of the late Marquis of Bristol in Bury St. Edmunds are about to place a stained glass window to his memory iu the parish church of St. Mary, in that town. The lato marquis represented the borough for 38 years as Earl Jermyn. The Figaro.Programme proposes that anyone whose name shall stand in a subscription list in that jour. nal as giving 51r. for the poor shall be considered to have fulfilled all the duties of politeness required on New Year's Day. and be relieved from the trouble of paying visits or sending cards. The amount will be handed over to the Bureaux of Public Assistance, The Gazette de France has received a "commu. xicated" note contradicting a statement made by that jour nal to the effect that the Prefect of the Seine intended to propose to the Emperor, in a secret report, the nomina tion of a new municipal commission composed of 100 persons, of whom 30 would be members, ex-officio, and the remaining 70 be appointed by Government. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND lIIS HOTEL BILL, The German newspapers have got hold of a shabby transaction, in which the King of Prussia cuts a rather undignified figure, while the King of Bavaria seems bent on showing him up. The affair dates as far back as 1849, when his present Majesty, as Crown Prince, marched into Baden somewhateifter the late Schleswig-Holstein fashion. To carry out his operations against the Federal Grand Duchy, he had to cross the Rhine at the Bavarian village of Gemersheim, whore he halted with his suite on the 17th and 18th of June, taxing to their utmost capabilities the cellar and larder of a local Gasthof. Ho ran up a little bill of 200 thalere , which in the hurry of departure he forgot to discharge, and the worthy Bontface has been ever sinco seeking redress alternately at Munich and Berlin. This summer he accosted his debtor personally during his visit to Baden Baden, and was told to forward his account to the Chancellor of the Household. The latter functionary has had full time to take the royal order for payment, but in November he forwarded to the innkeeper a document printed in all the Zeit,rngs along the Rhine, and signed Puckler," to the (lee.: that as Crown Prince he was then engaged in federal execution at the cost either of the Diet or of Bavaria, to either of which paymasters the hotel bill for wine, Kirchwassen cigars, &c., was referred. " The account,. of the Crown Prince have been long since dosed'-' —equivalent to pleading the statute of limitations. It is said that her Majesty will open Parliament in person. 11l consequence of the heavy fall of snow in Sandringham, the Prince of Wales has had the Royal sledges, presented to the Queen bj the Emperor of Russia, sent from Windsor to Sandringham. The Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales intend to keep the birth day of their infant Prince at Sandringham, and their return to Frogrnore Lodge will be regulated according to the state of the weather. It the frost should not put a stop to hunting, the Prince will remain at Sandringham until the eud of the month, otherwise his Royal Highnees will go to Frogmore for the purpose of skating on Virginia Water, neck stook 6.) nook 10 itoo's a took stock stock stock stook stock 20 stock Jtett stock hare 13.14, st st st 50 20 10 10 100 100 _IOO I ° VO 100 100 10) 100 100 100 100 100 9 81 107 106 100 IC4f i i